Alternatives to VCU Libraries for Gift Donations

  • Richmond Public Library

  • Main Branch, Downtown
    101 East Franklin Street
    Richmond, VA 23219
    phone: (804) 646-4256 administration
    phone: (804) 646-3411 Friends of the Library
    Contact the Friends of the Library for large donations and to schedule a pickup if necessary.  For small donations, leave them at any branch library Circulation Desk.
     
  • Chesterfield County Public Library

  • Central Library
    phone: (804) 751-4955 general information
    phone: (804) 748-1774 administration
    Leave donations at any branch library Circulation Desk, they cannot pickup donations but they do have a lot of storage space for large gifts.
     
  • Virginia State University

  • Johnston Memorial Library
    Reference Department
    Petersburg, VA  23806
    phone: (804) 524-5582
    Contact Mary Ann Bailey, especially for materials in science and technology, education, business, and agriculture.
     
  • Virginia Union University

  • L. Douglas Wilder Library and Learning Resource Center
    1500 North Lombardy Street
    Richmond, VA 23220
    phone: (804) 257-5822 or (804) 728-4112
    Contact Veronica Davis, Acquisitions Librarian, for large donations and to schedule pickup if necessary.  For small donations, leave them at the Circulation Desk.

For Medical Materials Only

  • IRIS - Initiative for the Recovery of Indispensable Medical Supplies

  • phone: (804) 659-IRIS (pager/voice mail)
    http://views.vcu.edu/amsa/siho
    Contact Alem Asrat (amsa@griffin.vcu.edu)
    This is a VCU student organization to gather medical supplies including books to give Care-Givers in need.
     
  • Medical Books for China International

  • 13021 East Florence Avenue
    Santa Fe Springs, CA90670-4505
    phone: (310) 946-8774
    Fax: (310) 946-0073
    generalmail@aagl.com

Collection Management
Email: libjbccm@vcu.edu
Updated February 03, 2004